iceland

Supply chain

Iceland pledges to remove palm oil from own-brand food

Supermarket chain claims it is not possible to source mass market palm oil in a verifiably sustainable way

clock 10 April 2018 • 4 min read

Technology

Offset reset? Climeworks secures 'historic' first contracts for CO2-sucking system

Swiss firm claims 'historic' deals mark the first time a company has been commissioned to permanently remove CO2 from the atmosphere

clock 19 February 2018 • 3 min read

Investment

Report: Nordics and Baltics have 'clear opportunity' for green bonds growth

Climate Bonds Initiative study puts spotlight on growing issuances of green bonds from sub-national public sector across Nordic and Baltic region

clock 15 February 2018 • 2 min read

Waste

Iceland vows to become world's first 'plastic free' supermarket

Retail giant breaks ranks to declare that 'the continuing defence of current plastic packaging does not resonate with the consumer and general public opinion'

clock 16 January 2018 • 4 min read

IT

Earlham Institute plans supercomputer switch to Iceland to slash energy costs 70 per cent

Research institute plans to harness Iceland's abundant supply of geothermal and hydroelectric power to cut carbon footprint and energy costs of its data centres

clock 17 February 2017 • 3 min read